Remove Security Shield 2012 or Security Shield virus

Security Shield is a malicious program also known as rogue security software, which will display fake security alerts in an attempt to scare you into buying this fake security product.
In addition,as part of its self-defense mechanism,Security Shield virus disables the Windows system utilities, including Task Manager and Windows Registry and will block you from running certain programs, instead displaying the below alerts:

Security Shield
“notepad.exe” is infected with “Backdoor:Win32/Hackdef.O”.
Do you want to register your copy and remove all threats now?Security Shield Warning
Spyware.IEMonster process is found. This is virus that is trying to send your passwords from Internet browser (Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook & others) for the third-parties.
Click here to protect your data with Security Shield.

Security Shield Warning
Security Shield has found viruses at your system.
We highly recommended to get license for Security Shield to remove harmful software now.

We strongly advise you to follow our Security Shield virus removal guide and ignore any alerts that this malicious software might generate.
Under no circumstance should you buy this rogue security software as this could lead to identity theft,and if you have, you should contact your credit card company and dispute the charge stating that the program is a scam and a computer virus.

Am I infected with Security Shield virus ?

If your computer is infected with Security Shield virus then you are seeing the below images:

Registration codes for Security Shield virus

As an optional step,you can use one of the following license key to register Security Shield virus and stop the fake alerts.64C665BE-4DE7-423B-A6B6-BC0172B25DF2Please keep in mind that entering the above registration code will NOT remove Security Shield virus from your computer , instead it will just stop the fake alerts so that you’ll be able to complete our removal guide more easily.

Security Shield Removal Instructions

Malwarebytes Chameleon technologies will allow us to install and run a Malwarebytes Anti-Malware scan without being blocked by Security Shield.

Download Malwarebytes Chameleon from the below link, and extract it to a folder in a convenient location.MALWAREBYTES CHAMELEON DOWNLOAD LINK(This link will open a new web page from where you can download Malwarebytes Chameleon)

Make certain that your infected computer is connected to the internet and then open the Malwarebytes Chameleon folder, and double-click on the svchost.exe file.IF Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will not start, double-click on the other renamed files until you find one will work, which will be indicated by a black DOS/command prompt window.

Follow the onscreen instructions to press a key to continue and Chameleon will proceed to download and install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for you.

Once it has done this, it will update Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and you’ll need to click OK when it says that the database was updated successfully.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now attempt to kill all the malicious process associated with Security Shield.Please keep in mind that this process can take up to 10 minutes, so please be patient.

Next, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically open and perform a Quick scan for Security Shield malicious files as shown below.

Upon completion of the scan, click on Show Result

You will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes Anti-Malware has detected.
Make sure that everything is Checked (ticked),then click on the Remove Selected button.

After your computer restarts, open Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and perform a Full System scan to verify that there are no remaining threats

STEP 2: Remove Security Shield rootkit with HitmanPro

In some cases,Security Shield will also install a rootkit on victims computer.To remove this rootkit we will use HitmanPro.

Download HitmanPro from the below link,then double-click on it to start this program.HITMANPRO DOWNLOAD LINK(This link will open a new web page from where you can download HitmanPro)IF you are experiencing problems while trying to start HitmanPro, you can use the Force Breach mode.To start HitmanPro in Force Breach mode, hold down the left CTRL key when you start HitmanPro and all non-essential processes are terminated, including the malware process. (How to start HitmanPro in Force Breach mode – Video)

HitmanPro will start and you’ll need to follow the prompts (by clicking on the Next button) to start a system scan with this program.

HitmanPro will start scanning your computer for Security Shield malicious files as seen in the image below.

Once the scan is complete,you’ll see a screen which will display all the infected files that this utility has detected, and you’ll need to click on Next to remove this malicious files.

Click Activate free license to start the free 30 days trial and remove all the malicious files from your computer.

STEP 3: Double check for any left over infections with Emsisoft Emergency Kit

You can download Emsisoft Emergency Kit from the below link,then extract it to a folder in a convenient location.EMSISOFT EMERGENCY KIT DOWNLOAD LINK((This link will open a new web page from where you can download Emsisoft Emergency Kit)

Open the Emsisoft Emergency Kit folder and double click EmergencyKitScanner.bat, then allow this program to update itself.

After the Emsisoft Emergency Kit has update has completed,click on the Menu tab,then select Scan PC.

Select Smart scan and click on the SCAN button to search for Security Shield malicious files.

When the scan will be completed,you will be presented with a screen reporting which malicious files has Emsisoft detected on your computer, and you’ll need to click on Quarantine selected objects to remove them.

If you are still experiencing problems while trying to remove Security Shield from your machine, please start a new thread in our Malware Removal Assistance forum.

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